Sultan Saini wrote: > I have FC6 (kernel 2.6.21+ 2.6.22rc3 prepatch) with Mobility Radeon X1600 > (fglrx driver). > > I recently installed the Linux version googleearth (i.e. not the Windows > version under Wine). When I try to run it, googleearth appears to hang > after > displaying the splash screen. CPU usage climbs to about 50% and I can see > occasional network activity, but the application never actually comes up. Yeup, Xorg is mis-configured. > I have a dual head configuration on my laptop (the 2nd monitor is a Dell > LCD > monitor). Other gl applications run fine (glxgears, World of Warcraft > running under Wine). > > Heres my xorg.conf: > > ###Begin xorg.conf > # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Multihead layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1" > Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0 > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer" > Option "Xinerama" "off" > Option "Clone" "on" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > EndSection > > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AIGLX" "off" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024" > HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Dell 2405FPW (Digital)" > HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "fglrx" > Option "VideoOverlay" "on" > Option "UseFastTLS" "0" > Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on" > Option "ForceGenericCPU" "off" > Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard1" > Driver "fglrx" > VendorName "Videocard Vendor" > BoardName "ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]" > Option "VideoOverlay" "on" > Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800" > Option "UseFastTLS" "off" > Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Videocard1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1680x1050" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "Disable" > EndSection > ###End xorg.conf I don't see any modules listed. Is DRI enabled? check with: glxinfo | grep "direct rendering" If it says yes, you should be all set, if not, try adding the following: > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "GLcore" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > Load "synaptics" > Load "dri" > EndSection to your xorg.conf file. IF it still doesn't work, you will need to look at your Xorg.0.log file in detail to see what's failing. > Google search reveals that others have had a similar problem with Google > Earth and ATI cards on linux; however, I couldn't find any solutions so > far. Works for me on my X1600 laptop. > Has anyone had any success running google earth with ATI cards? > > cheers.... > ....sultan > -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
